Archive for October, 2009

TOY-R-US
Halloween deal alert – 50% off all candy, costumes, party goods, stickers & more. Many other stores are going half off on costumes, but not on the candy. Allows you to use some candy coupons that expire 10/31.

EUCLID SQUARE MALL
DILLARDS – This weekend – Buy one get one half off on all items that are already priced 50% to 70% off.

RESTAURANT.COM
Get 80% off restaurant gift certificates. Get a $25 gift certificate for $2.
Use Code: TREATS
Ends 10/31.
Click here:RESTAURANT.COM 80% OFF

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK
The books will expire on Nov 1, so use up any good coupons before then! If you buy a 2010 book, you will get a $25 Restaurant.com gift certificate.
Get the 2010 book now. With everyone trying to save money these days, instead of buying them a sweater or Chia pet for a holiday gift, get them a coupon book like the Entertainement book or the Our Town coupon book.
Click here to order the Our Town coupon book:
http://www.joethecouponguy.com/merchandise/index.htm
Click here to order the Entertianment book:Entertainment Book 2010 Deal

WELW
I was interviewed Monday morning, 10/26, on WELW 1330 AM on their Wake Up Lake County morning program. I covered a handful of topics including Halloween deals, the drug store deals, IPhones (forgot to mention PCmagazine.com regarding great apps for it – they have a top 100 apps list), and some other general questions. I should be on for a regular gig each week.
Check out the clip on (will post on 10/27):http://www.welw.com

A LITTLE STORY
I was doing some yard work the other week. First on my list was to chain-saw some wood. I thought to myself that maybe I can build a fort using the wood I cut. I would make it so big that not even Vikings or Somali pirates would want to attack me. Then I looked at the pile and realized that I probably had just enough to build a baby crib. So I started to build a baby crib. I then realized that I don’t have any babies to put in the crib. I looked around some shrubs for babies of any sort, but came up empty handed, except I found a cool looking stick that looked like a boomerang, so I threw it….it didn’t come back.

My search for babies ended fruitlessly, but I decided to make good use of the crib. I took a nap in it. It was very uncomfortable so I put some leaves and old grass clippings in it to soften it up. After some short dreams about the limitations of margarine for baking and some sleep drooling I awoke to a clamor. There had to be about fourteen or fifteen crickets making a racket. I threw a slipper at them, but they kept making noise. I tried to reason with them, but they seemed to be ignoring me. I couldn’t be too sure since their eyes were too small for me to tell if they even were paying attention to me. That was until some Vikings came by and squished them with their clubs and hammers. You never know when a bad thing turns out good…

KMART
Need Halloween candy? Instead of handing out some old formerly hard cough drops that are now chewy, find the best deal now. They have it on sale for $1.88 a bag for Mars, Hersheys and Nestle. Use a recent buy 3 get the 4th free coupon and a $1 off 2 coupon to get the bags for $1.16 each.

UNIQUE THRIFT SHOP
Half off all items on Monday – great for Halloween costumes
Thursdays – 25% to 50% off until 1 PM.
And you might find a hidden Van Gogh behind a Poker Playing Dogs Velvet Painting for the living room.

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
Aurora Rug Outlet – 75% off or more. Final days.
Damons – in Stow
World Market in Mentor closed over the weekend. They were supposed to be open on Sunday, but closed because they already sold out of the merchandise.
Modern Bride Magazine
Gourment Magazine

BANKRUPT
Max & Ermas – after speaking to a local store they said they were staying open and honoring gift cards yet.

WELW
Listen for me on AM1330 on the Wake Up Lake County Morning Show this Monday at 7:37 AM.

WORLD MARKET
Mentor store closing on Sunday. 50% to 80% off on Thurs/Fri. 60% to 90% on Sat/Sun.

GIANT EAGLE
The new Wadsworth (& Barberton store) store has a .20 cents for every $50 spent on gift cards deal going on. Their ad also has a $1 off per gallon on their GetGo gas coupon. Their sale prices are better than some of the other ads out there (Breyers Ice Cream is $1.99 – 4/$10 elsewhere). Fill your tank with 8 gallons or more of their GetGo gas and get a free car wash.

AURORA RUG OUTLET
Going out of business – 75% off or more. Final days.

SNAPFISH
Get 50 free 4×6 prints with first upload. Get film prints for 9 cents each! Great place to get film developed cheap.
Click here:SNAPFISH DEALS

JOANN STORES
This week they have 50% off coupons in their ad. Check out their sale and clearance items online at:JOANN.COM DEALS

TRACFONE
If you want to get a cell phone, but don’t want to sign a contract, try purchasing a pay as you go cell phone through Tracfone. Great for people with bad credit. Also great to use for those who don’t need many minutes – for emergency use only.TRACFONE

GOTOMEETING
Try web conferencing using a free 30 day trial. With travel cutbacks web conferencing is the way to go.
Click here:GOTOMEETING

WALGREENS
Free after register rewards:
Zantac – plus use recent $1 coupon
Theraflu – $4.99 – get 3 and get $8 in register rewards – use recent $2 coupon and get it all almost free.

LOWES
75% off plants

PRODUCE TOUCHING
Do you wash off your vegetables and fruits before you eat them? Now let’s count the people who touch your produce. First the farmer and his kids may paw at your fruit and vegetables when they are checking their crops. Next are the people who may pick the produce. It sure gets hot and sweaty out in the fields. Next the shipper takes them and it goes to the seller. Lift. Touch. Open. Touch. Nobody checks to see if any of these people wash their hands before handling the produce and a lot of drinking fluids are needed during all these chores.

Next are the people who buy the produce. I don’t know about you, but I usually analyze each one I buy. I look for any rotted areas, bugs, mold, images of Potsie Weber or Nipsey Russel on them, foreign nodules, and more. Figure that maybe there may be at least a few other customers that handle the produce you buy. Then unless you bagged it already the cashier then jingle jangles it trying to find the code on it – I also like the, “what is this” question, waving a sprig of mint or rhubarb.

So figure that there is a glaze of people film on each item you buy. The wax and preservatives gum it up more too. So think of the produce you buy as a candy apple with lots of layers of goodies on it. And I’m sure there are a always a batch that gets dropped on the floor and put right back on the display. Canned produce never looked so good. And now you will always think of this story when you buy produce for the rest of your life.

OUR TOWN COUPON BOOK
Now free shipping and handling! Get the book for $28. Tons of coupons for restaurants, golf, wineries, West Side Market, dry cleaning, movies, Pat Catans, movies, etc. If you are going to get a coupon book, this is the one to get! Over 840 pages of coupons! Remember to keep them in your car.
Click here to order:http://www.joethecouponguy.com/merchandise/index.htm

THE KNOT WEDDING SHOP
Save up to 70% off wedding gifts & supplies. Starting Wednesday, take 15% off your order of $100 or more. Use code OCT9SAVE at checkout. Sale prices are valid Wednesday, October 14th through Tuesday, October 20th. OCT9SAVE coupon valid October 14th through Thursday, October 22nd.
Click here:THE KNOT WEDDING SALE

BOOK CLOSEOUTS
Find a variety of books discounted on this site. With the cold weather coming I might just find a good book like Highlights or Grit Magazine to read with the fireplace going while I’m wearing a Snuggie.BOOKCLOSEOUTS DEALS

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
Some airlines offer package deals. For instance, Southwest is offering a 3 night package with flight included to Vegas starting at $45 per person.
Click here for the deal:VEGAS DEAL

A LITTLE STORY
When I get busy I sometimes neglect spending time with my cat and fish. So I plan a night with them to play cards to let them know I haven’t forgotten about them. I open up some chips and dip and diet cokes for everyone.

We usually have a good time but I always have to keep an eye on the algae eater because they always seem to cheat. The cats always seem to win the most money. I think they just know me all too well.

I think I may need to come up with a new game such as Chutes and Ladders or Hi Ho Cherry-O. Or perhaps they can help me cut coupons. But that isn’t right. We should be doing something they want to do. So it was their pick. Next Wednesday is square dancing night. Maybe the neon tetras will come up with something better next time.

SHERATON
Get a free night at a renovated Sheraton hotel. Go to http://www.Sheraton.com/freenight to enter. Contest runs from Oct 6th to 9th. You can enter each day of the contest for the free night. Free night is for Friday, October 23rd.

HALLOWEEN
Goodwill is a great to get Halloween costume accessories, but there are only oh so many pirates donating their outfits to Goodwill. Get Halloween costumes and accessories at a discount. They will match the price of identical costumes and beat it by 20%. Find clearance costumes also.
Click here:CostumeDiscounters.com

ENTERTAINMENT.COM
Get the 2010 Entertainment book and receive a Free $25 Restaurant.com gift certificate plus Free shipping! Offer end 10/31. Click here to order:ENTERTAINMENT BOOK SPECIAL

CLEVELANDINDEPENDENTS.COM
The site sells gift certificates of local independent restaurants (not chain restaurants). Gift certificate sale on October 13th. They are also selling a deck of cards that contains 52 gift certificates for $10 off at each restaurant in the deck. Find them at http://www.clevelandindependents.com.

GIANT EAGLE
Selected Old El Paso items – 4 for $6 – use 2/.75 coupon – look for buy 2 get a seasoning pack free coupon on box – buy 6 Old El Paso items and get $3 off your next shopping trip coupon printed at the register.
Green Giant vegetables – $1 -use recent .50 coupon to get it free – go to COUPONS.com for the coupon too.
CoffeeMate creamer – $1.50 – use .50 coupon to get it for .50

WALGREENS
During October:
Sunday PD – 99 cents
Daily PD – 50 cents
Subscribe to a newspaper at up to a 50% discount for home delivery at:DISCOUNTED NEWSPAPERS

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
If a store goes out of business, don’t get lured by low percentage off their initial sales. Most regular sales offer 30 to 50% off an item. I usually wait until the store goes at least 50% off. Otherwise it’s not that great of a sale.
Borders – Beachwood store in LaPlace closing on October 10th.
Furniture and Mattress store in Mayfield Heights
World Market – still about 30% off at the most.
Ink Stop – they may reopen, but they even said they may have trouble meeting payroll…uh, yeah.

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME VOTE
The nominees for induction into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. A lot of diversity with this group. Now is your chance to vote for your favorites. I’m going with Kiss, Genesis, and ABBA. The others are iffy or just need to wait longer. Yes, I’m a freak and like ABBA. I’ve seen Phil Collins as a solo act and not with Genesis. He’s good. Kiss just defines rock.

I’ve seen quite the assortment of acts from Metallica, Van Halen, Neil Diamond, Cindi Lauper, U2, Barry Manilow, Duran Duran, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, Cher, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dione, AC/DC, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac, Go-Gos, and Depeche Mode. I like bluegrass, rock, techno, urban, and 80s. I can’t stand jazz. Jazz reminds me of nervous waiting-in-line music. But who am I to be critical of music. Just look at some of the treats I saw. There are some acts I’d like to see that I haven’t yet or wish I did. They include the Beatles (snap), ABBA, and Josie and the Pussycats.

If you haven’t been to the Rock Hall in Cleveland, check it out. Cool place. Go to their site and you can find coupons on it.

If you’re looking to buy tickets for shows, I’ve bought tickets that are sold by people online at Stubhub. You can find some good deals there. You can also sell you tickets on the site.
To find ticket deals click here:Stub Hub

RESTAURANT.COM
Get 50% off restaurant gift certificates. Find gift certificates for the restaurants that were sold out last month, by getting them early in the month when they are replenished. Get a $25 gift certificate for $5!
Use code: SHRIMP
Ends: 10/4
Click here:RESTAURANT.COM 50% OFF